The Game of Hope by Sandra Gulland

The Game of Hope by Sandra Gulland

For Napoleon's stepdaughter, nothing is simple - especially love.

Paris, 1798. Hortense de Beauharnais is engrossed in her studies at a boarding school for aristocratic girls, most of whom have suffered tragic losses during the tumultuous days of the French Revolution. She loves to play and compose music, read and paint, and daydream about Christophe, her brother's dashing fellow officer. But Hortense is not an ordinary girl. Her beautiful, charming mother, Josephine, has married Napoleon Bonaparte, soon to become the most powerful man in France, but viewed by Hortense as a coarse, unworthy successor to her elegant father, who was guillotined during the Terror.

Where will Hortense's future lie? For Napoleon regards all his family as pawns to be used in his rise.

Inspired by Hortense's real-life autobiography with charming glimpses of life long ago, this is the story of a girl chosen by fate to play a role she didn't choose.

Sandra Gulland is an American-born Canadian novelist specializing in historical fiction. She is the author of the internationally bestselling trilogy of adult books based on the life of Josephine de Beauharnais Bonaparte, as well as two novels set at the court of Louis XIV, the Sun King. Her books have been published in sixteen countries, translated into thirteen languages, and sold more than a million copies worldwide.

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ISBN 13	9780425291016
ISBN 10	0425291014
Title	The Game of Hope
Author	Sandra Gulland
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Penguin USA
Year published	2018-06-26
Number of pages	384
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